Psychotherapist Breaks Down The Mind Of The Devil’s Den Killer
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Tony Brueski
4.2 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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In this extended deep-dive compilation episode, licensed psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski for a comprehensive, unflinching analysis of the Devil’s Den double homicide—one of the most disturbing and mysterious crimes to hit Northwest Arkansas in years.
We explore the psychological impact on the two surviving children, who witnessed their parents—Clinton and Cristen Brink—brutally murdered on a popular hiking trail in broad daylight. Shavaun breaks down what trauma looks like at this age, how it imprints on the brain, and what the long road to healing might require.
From there, we go inside the killer’s behavior: the tactical clothing, the black gloves in 100-degree heat, the taped license plate, the massive bag. Was this an impulsive rage attack? A delusional fantasy? Or the first strike in a much larger plan?
This episode also tackles the broader fallout: how this violent act has shattered a community’s sense of safety and forced parents, hikers, and everyday citizens to reconsider the world around them. What’s paranoia, and what’s just reality in a world where safety can be broken in an instant?
We also explore the meaning behind the final words of the mother—“Why are you doing this?”—and how bystanders, family, and the public internalize trauma they didn’t directly experience.
If you’re trying to understand the psychology of the Devil’s Den killer—and the long ripple effect left behind—this is the episode you need. One voice, four powerful conversations, and a sobering look at the mind behind a brutal, senseless crime.
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| 0:00.0 | A Better Help ad. |
| 0:02.3 | Lewis Capaldi partnered with Better Help to get word out about how important therapy can be. |
| 0:07.6 | I struggle most weeks to get up, get myself up and ready and go to therapy or whatever. |
| 0:13.0 | Even like to open the laptop to talk to, my therapist sometimes could be really difficult. |
| 0:17.4 | But I do it because I realise how important it is for me to continue to feel |
| 0:21.3 | good. Because I felt the best I've felt in a long time through therapy. |
| 0:25.6 | Learn more about online therapy at betterhelp.com. |
| 0:29.5 | A better help ad. |
| 0:31.5 | Lewis Capaldi partnered with BetterHelp to get word out about how important therapy can be. |
| 0:36.8 | I struggle most weeks to get up, get myself up and ready and go to therapy or whatever. |
| 0:42.2 | Even like to open the laptop to talk to, my therapist sometimes could be really difficult. |
| 0:46.6 | But I do it because I realise how important it is for me to continue to feel good. |
| 0:51.0 | I felt the best I've felt in a long time through therapy. |
| 0:54.9 | Learn more about online therapy at betterhelp.com. |
| 0:58.5 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. Here now, Tony Bruske. |
| 1:04.2 | Clinton and Kristen Brink were hiking with their two daughters in Arkansas |
| 1:08.2 | on what should have been a peaceful Saturday afternoon at Devil's Den State Park. |
| 1:14.0 | It's a state park that is one of the most well-known in the state of Arkansas. |
| 1:18.1 | It's a very, very, very popular hiking spot, especially in the middle of summer on a Saturday. |
| 1:25.2 | Campers, hikers, backpackers. they're all there, they're all enjoying their |
| 1:29.7 | time and what should be getaway from, you know, normal life, a peaceful place to be. Instead, |
| 1:37.1 | their day ended in screams, blood, and in order from their mother, that saved their lives, run as fast and as far as you can. |
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